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MODE Switch
This toggle switch allows you to toggle through 4 different operational modes. Each
mode is indicated on the TAP/MOD LED by a different color combination. In all modes,
the TAP/MOD LED flashes to the tapped in rhythm.
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Vintage (flashing green)
- this max 600 ms tap delay mode is similar to the tap
delay mode of the Quantum Leap, but with brighter analog filtering closer to the
MLJr. It uses a unique ‘sample smear’ technique that smooths transients resulting
in delay ‘washes’ - with a voicing similar to bucket brigade type delays.
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The Vintage mode also includes our AutoDouble(TM) time feature for tap, where
delay times tapped in between 600 and 1200 ms automatically get mapped to half
the delay time (between 300 and 600 ms) so that tapping outside the available
delay range still produces musical results.
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Galloping Eighths (flashing yellow)
- this mode’s take on classic 80’s dotted
eighth heaven uses a mix of both a dotted eighth echo as well as a much quieter
(one third the amplitude) quarter note tap added in. This mode has a maximum
delay time of 900 ms. Having the low level quarter note added in does two things
- it makes it easier to lock in the dotted eighth rhythm, and it also adds a very rich
echo signature that generates some really cool frequency interactions and
overtones when modulation is used. And for those who used two different delays
(one dotted eighth, one quarter note) on their board for stacked timing, this mode
can free up some board space.
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Ambient (flashing red)
- the ambient mode sits in a grey area between a tap
delay and reverb. It has a carefully designed set of three echoes that are timed to
not overlap and create a dense echo tail when used with a lot of feedback (echo
regeneration). The very first echo tap is timed to be a 16th note delay, so it’s
almost like having a timed sparse reverb on hand. Because of the bit of additional
‘math’ used in forming the ambient response, and with the natural compression
effects of the analog compander used in our architecture, this mode may need a bit
higher levels in FBK and MIX to get comparable ‘wet’ levels to the other modes.
The ‘delay’ range in this mode is also fairly narrow, from a small slapback like
‘room’ to more discrete ‘air’. The tap switch can be used to set the overall delay
time (with the first echo tap being a 16th note), but the narrow delay time range in
this mode may make it simpler just to adjust the desired ambience on the DLY
knob. Since the Counter Point remembers whether you last tapped or use the DLY
knob in each mode, you can set the DLY knob uniquely for the Ambient mode,
then use tap to set delay times for the other modes, and it will remember each
delay for that mode as you toggle through.
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As a starting point in this mode, set DLY to 3 PM, MOD to around 11 AM, and
FBK and MIX to around 1 PM.
Counter Point user manual v1.0
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